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Saturday Links

Mar 23, 2013

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Demography, Ecclesia, Economics, Gender and Sex, History, Science, Social Media, Sociology, Sports and Entertainment, Wealth and Income

1. Scientific American has some interesting thoughts on How Your Language Affects Your Wealth and Health … Different languages have different ways of talking about the future. Some languages, such as English, Korean, and Russian, require their speakers to refer to the future explicitly. Every time English-speakers talk about the future, they have to use…
The Thinkers: The Bible and history of Israel shape a life

Nov 6, 2007

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mwkruse

in History, Theology

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: The Thinkers: The Bible and history of Israel shape a life … It seems fitting, then, that Dr. Tappy's most famous discovery as a biblical archaeologist is a 38-pound limestone rock inscribed with a 2,900-year-old alphabet. The stone was found two years ago at Tel Zayit in Israel, a dig about 25…